The Howadji in SyriaA travel memoir of an author dazzled by the sights and people of Syria. He describes the beauty of the scenery and the good, noble qualities of the people. |
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Page 60
... desolation of silence fills the air that was musical with the recited loves of Zul - Himmeh , and the light sand drifts in the even- ing wind over the corpse of a Bedoueen . -So the grim genius of the desert touches every stop of ...
... desolation of silence fills the air that was musical with the recited loves of Zul - Himmeh , and the light sand drifts in the even- ing wind over the corpse of a Bedoueen . -So the grim genius of the desert touches every stop of ...
Page 119
... desolation . I stared in blank dismay from MacWhirter , not anxi- ous to dismount , confessing , with groans of soul , that my fingers were already burned to my ex- tremest satisfaction . But we did dismount , and increased the company ...
... desolation . I stared in blank dismay from MacWhirter , not anxi- ous to dismount , confessing , with groans of soul , that my fingers were already burned to my ex- tremest satisfaction . But we did dismount , and increased the company ...
Page 127
... desolation , it builds in the dim air a marble palace of your prison . And in that moonlight sits Khadra at the door of her bin , singing Arabic ditties of love and sorrow . JERUSALEM " Now wul y telle the ryght way to QUARANTINE . 127.
... desolation , it builds in the dim air a marble palace of your prison . And in that moonlight sits Khadra at the door of her bin , singing Arabic ditties of love and sorrow . JERUSALEM " Now wul y telle the ryght way to QUARANTINE . 127.
Page 135
... desolate , like a ruined town . Then , passing along a spacious avenue , shaded with trees , we emerged upon a sea of grain . It was darkened at intervals by venerable , scraggy olives , and , rock- ing through it upon MacWhirter , I ...
... desolate , like a ruined town . Then , passing along a spacious avenue , shaded with trees , we emerged upon a sea of grain . It was darkened at intervals by venerable , scraggy olives , and , rock- ing through it upon MacWhirter , I ...
Page 136
... desolation you add the nodding grain of its earlier cultivation . outline , and extent , and hue , the hills were not unlike the Sabine or Volscian mountains , seen from Rome . In But not the glittering fame of Roman story con- secrates ...
... desolation you add the nodding grain of its earlier cultivation . outline , and extent , and hue , the hills were not unlike the Sabine or Volscian mountains , seen from Rome . In But not the glittering fame of Roman story con- secrates ...
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